"If this were a normal novel, wouldn't this count as gaining some insight into life? At the very least, we'd have to break through several major realms." Luo Chuan said this for no apparent reason.
"Impossible." Yao Ziyan shook her head, rare for her to refute Luo Chuan. "The odds of that happening are tiny, tiny. Even those authors on the Magic Phone wouldn't dare write something like that."
"Can't novels be written however people want? Do they have to follow reality?" Luo Chuan asked casually. "After all, protagonists all have Protagonist Halos."
"That may be true..." Yao Ziyan continued kneading Luo Chuan's shoulders and chuckled softly. "But novels and reality aren't the same. Reality can ignore logic, but novels absolutely need it."
Luo Chuan: "..."
Those words felt a little familiar. For some reason, he thought of Teacher Okouchi, who had seen through the absurdity of the world.
Novels needed logic. Reality did not.
The two fell silent. Luo Chuan began quietly enjoying Yao Ziyan's massage. Her technique was perfect, carrying the faint stimulation of spiritual energy; it left him pleasantly numb and tingly.
Luo Chuan was starting to feel like taking an afternoon nap...
The customers in the room would occasionally glance toward the windowsill, but by now, they were no longer surprised by it.
It had been quite some time since Luo Chuan had "debunked the rumors" on the Magic Phone. The gossip worth eating had long since been eaten clean.
"Actually, when Wanshang and I first discovered Origin Mall, Sister Ziyan had only been a clerk for a short while." Gu Yunxi glanced at Luo Chuan and Yao Ziyan as she told Chen Yiyi, Zheng Ke, and the others about what she had encountered when she had first become an Origin Mall customer. "Back then, I